I was driving through, I think Utah, a while back and I remember seeing a billboard ad for a local bank. They were heavily leaning into religious marketing (or maybe they were a "Christian Bank") and I remember thinking "Y'all im pretty sure Jesus had major issues with using the lord's name for business" lmao
Oh, I meant IRL.
The worst was when I got treated like I was stupid for not just assuming that someone with atypical facial features had some kind of mental disability.
I mean, it was apparent that they did once I began talking to them, but like Hell am I just going to assume that based on someone's looks.
The issue today is Jesus was washed away in mainstream media as a rebel against Rome. They didn't want to sell that part of the story because, well, the Lord whipped and cursed them and they're still doing it.
My problem with that story is that's the one time Jesus chose violence, vs the bajillion times he said to love your neighbor and turn the other cheek. But I've seen tons of posts by right wingers like "we should kill people we disagree with! Jesus was all about violence, did you hear about the time with the whip!?!?" using it as justification for their hate and totally ignoring all of Jesus's messages.